Patents by Inventor Sunhwan KIM

Sunhwan KIM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11306183
    Abstract: One embodiment may provide a method for producing a polyimide film, the method comprising the steps of: polishing the surface of a casting body; producing a gel sheet by casting a precursor on the polished surface of the casting body, and drying same; and producing a polyimide film by heat-treating the gel sheet, wherein the roughness of the polished surface of the casting body is 0.1 nm to 160 nm, and when the area of the casting body onto which the precursor is casted is partitioned by 1 cm×1 cm, the area corresponding to a defect reduction region is at least 90%, and the polyimide film has a yellowness of at most 3, a haze of at most 1%, a permeability of at least 88%, a modulus of at least 5.0 GPa and a surface hardness of at least HB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SKC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunhwan Kim, Jin Woo Lee, Dae Seong Oh, Dawoo Jeong, Kyu-Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11267942
    Abstract: One embodiment may provide a polyamide-imide film which is colorless and transparent while having an adequate level of solubility and excellent mechanical properties, the polyamide-imide film comprising a polyamide-imide polymer formed by polymerizing an aromatic diamine compound, an aromatic dianhydride compound and a dicarbonyl compound, wherein, for a square cross-section of 1 cm×1 cm and a thickness of 30 um to 100 mm, the polyamide-imide film has a dissolution time of 5-60 minutes in 10 ml of dimethylacetamide (DMAc), and for a thickness of 50 mm, the polyamide-imide film has a yellowness of at most 5, a haze of at most 2%, a permeability of at least 85% and a modulus of at least 5.0 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SKC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunhwan Kim, Dae Seong Oh, Jin Woo Lee, Dawoo Jeong, Dong Jin Lim
  • Publication number: 20210202531
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, a first output pad set, a second output pad set, and a buffer pad set that are disposed in the non-display area, and a path change circuit. In an exemplary embodiment, the path change circuit is configured to change a signal delivery path such that a signal delivered through the first output pad set or the second output pad set is delivered through the buffer pad set, when an enable signal is input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Cheolho LEE, Sunhwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20210051811
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polyimide-based composite film, which comprises a base film comprising a polyimide-based resin; and a functional layer disposed on the base film, wherein when the side of the functional layer located opposite to the side in contact with the base film is referred to as a first side and when the side of the base film in contact with the functional layer is referred to as a second side, the leveling index represented by Equation 1 is less than 0.75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Sunhwan KIM, Jung Hee KI, Jin Woo LEE, Dawoo JEONG, Seung Yong PYUN, Yun Hee SEO
  • Publication number: 20210047485
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polyimide-based composite film, which comprises a base film comprising a polyimide-based resin; and a functional layer disposed on the base film, wherein when the side of the functional layer located opposite to the side in contact with the base film is referred to as a first side and when the side of the base film located opposite to the side in contact with the functional layer is referred to as a second side, the adhesiveness index represented by Equation 1 is 3.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Sunhwan KIM, Jung Hee KI, Jin Woo LEE, Dawoo JEONG, Seung Yong PYUN, Yun Hee SEO
  • Publication number: 20200407557
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polymer film. The polymer film comprises a polymer resin selected from the group consisting of a polyamide-based resin and a polyimide-based resin and has a haze (HZ0) before autoclave treatment of 3% or less and a ?HZ24 represented by Equation 1a of 500% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Hee KI, Sunhwan KIM, Sang Hun CHOI, Dae Seong OH, Han Jun KIM, Jin Woo LEE, Dong Jin LIM
  • Publication number: 20200407504
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a polyamide-imide polymer film, which comprises a polyamide-imide polymer formed by polymerizing a diamine compound, a dianhydride compound, and a dicarbonyl compound; and silica particles, wherein the number of aggregates having an average diameter of 150 to 200 nm observed in a cross-section cut in the thickness direction of the polyamide-imide film is less than 0.5/?m2, and a process for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Dae Seong OH, Dawoo JEONG, Sunhwan KIM, Jin Woo LEE, Dong Jin LIM
  • Publication number: 20200409413
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a base film that is colorless, transparent, and excellent in mechanical properties and optical properties, particularly with low moisture permeability, a process for preparing the same, and a cover window and a display device comprising the same. The cover window comprises a base film comprising a polyamide-based polymer and having a moisture permeability of 300 g/m2·day or less; and a functional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Sunhwan KIM, Jung Hee KI, Han Jun KIM, Dae Seong OH, Jin Woo LEE, Sang Hun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200407506
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polyamide-imide film that maintains its mechanical properties at least at a certain level under the conditions of high temperatures and low temperatures and is excellent in transparency and folding characteristics, a process for preparing the same, and a cover window comprising the same. The polyamide-imide film comprises a polyamide-imide polymer and has an MOR value defined in Equation 1a of 75% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Han Jun KIM, Sunhwan KIM, Dae Seong OH, Jin Woo LEE, Sang Hun CHOI, Jung Hee KI, Dong Jin LIM
  • Publication number: 20200407556
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polymer film that is excellent in folding characteristics and transparency and maintains excellent mechanical properties even after repeated elongation and shrinkage in the elastic region, a process for preparing the same, and a front panel and a display device comprising the same. The polymer film comprises a polymer resin selected from the group consisting of a polyamide-based resin and a polyimide-based resin and has an MOR0/9 of Equation A of 2% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Hee KI, Sunhwan KIM, Han Jun KIM, Dae Seong OH, Jin Woo LEE, Sang Hun CHOI, Gun Uk KIM
  • Publication number: 20200407522
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polyamide-based film that is colorless and transparent, is excellent in mechanical properties and optical properties, has a wide angle of view by securing at least a certain level of luminance at various angles, and, in particular, has gloss characteristics similar to those of glass, a process for preparing the same, and a cover window comprising the same. The polyamide-based film comprises a polyamide-based polymer, wherein when the polyamide-based film is placed on a surface light source, light is irradiated from the surface light source, and the luminance value (L0) measured in the normal direction of the surface light source is 100%, the luminance value (L50) measured in the direction of 50° from the normal direction of the surface light source is 25% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Sang Hun Choi, Jin Woo Lee, Dae Seong Oh, Jung Hee Ki, Sunhwan Kim, Han Jun Kim, Heung Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20200407507
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polymer film for a display that maintains a clean appearance and transparency and is excellent in antiblocking properties by securing a certain range of optical slip index (OS), a process for preparing the same, and a front panel and a display device comprising the same. The polymer film comprises a polymer resin selected from the group consisting of a polyamide-based resin and a polyimide-based resin and a filler and has an optical slip index (0.5) of less than 0.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Dae Seong OH, Sunhwan KIM, Han Jun KIM, Jin Woo LEE, Sang Hun CHOI, Jung Hee KI
  • Publication number: 20200407520
    Abstract: The embodiments relate to a polyimide-based film, which comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein the modulus asymmetry (MA) according to Equation 1 is 0.03 to 0.2, a process for preparing the same, and a display device comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Dae Seong OH, Jung Hee KI, Sunhwan KIM, Han Jun KIM, Jin Woo LEE, Dong Jin LIM, Dawoo JEONG
  • Publication number: 20200407521
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polyamide-imide film that has a clean appearance and transparency and is excellent in antiblocking properties, a process for preparing the same, and a display front panel and a display device comprising the same. The polyamide-imide film comprises a polyamide-imide polymer formed by polymerizing a diamine compound, a dianhydride compound, and a dicarbonyl compound; and a filler, wherein the dicarbonyl compound comprises a first dicarbonyl compound and a second dicarbonyl compound, the first dicarbonyl compound and the second dicarbonyl compound are structural isomers to each other, and the FH value of Equation 1 is 0.5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Dae Seong OH, Jung Hee KI, Sunhwan KIM, Han Jun KIM, Jin Woo LEE, Sang Hun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200407519
    Abstract: The polymer film according to an embodiment comprises at least one polymer resin selected from the group consisting of a polyamide-based resin, a polyimide-based resin, and a polyamide-imide-based resin, and has a haze of 0.6% or less and an in-plane retardation within a specific range for each wavelength band in the visible light region. The polymer film, which has an in-plane retardation within a specific range for each wavelength band in the visible light region, is excellent in transparency and optical properties, and it can remarkably reduce the rainbow phenomenon and improve the reflection appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Hee KI, Sunhwan KIM, Dae Seong OH, Jin Woo LEE, Sang Hun CHOI, Han Jun KIM, Heung Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20190389095
    Abstract: An embodiment can provide a method for producing a polyamide-imide film which is colorless and transparent and has excellent mechanical properties, the method comprising: a step of producing a polyamide-imide polymer solution by polymerizing an aromatic diamine compound, an aromatic dianhydride compound, and a dicarbonyl compound; a step of producing a gel sheet by extruding, casting and drying the polymer solution; and a step of producing a polyamide-imide film by heat-treating the gel sheet, wherein the viscosity of the polymer solution is 100,000 to 500,000 cps, and the polyamide-imide film has a yellowness index of 5 or lower, a haze of 2% or lower, a transmittance of 85% or above and a modulus of 5.0 GPa or above, at a thickness of 20 ?m to 75 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Dae Seong OH, Dawoo JEONG, Sunhwan KIM, Jin Woo LEE, Dong Jin LIM, Cheol Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20190390014
    Abstract: One embodiment may provide a method for producing a polyimide film, the method comprising the steps of: polishing the surface of a casting body; producing a gel sheet by casting a precursor on the polished surface of the casting body, and drying same; and producing a polyimide film by heat-treating the gel sheet, wherein the roughness of the polished surface of the casting body is 0.1 nm to 160 nm, and when the area of the casting body onto which the precursor is casted is partitioned by 1 cm×1 cm, the area corresponding to a defect reduction region is at least 90%, and the polyimide film has a yellowness of at most 3, a haze of at most 1%, a permeability of at least 88%, a modulus of at least 5.0 GPa and a surface hardness of at least HB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sunhwan KIM, Jin Woo LEE, Dae Seong OH, Dawoo JEONG, Kyu-Hun KIM
  • Publication number: 20190367677
    Abstract: An embodiment can provide a polyamide-imide film and a method for producing same, the film comprising a polyamide-imide polymer formed by polymerizing an aromatic diamine compound, an aromatic dianhydride compound and a dicarbonyl compound, wherein, in an XRD graph with a section in which 2?=8° to 32° as a baseline, the film shows a peak area of 50% or above around 2?=23° with respect to a peak area seen around 2?=15°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Dae Seong OH, Dawoo JEONG, Sunhwan KIM, Jin Woo LEE, Dong Jin LIM, Kyungeun OH
  • Publication number: 20190359784
    Abstract: An embodiment can provide a polyamide-imide film, which has particular punching properties, is colorless and transparent and has excellent mechanical properties and optical properties, and a method for preparing same. The polyamide-imide film comprises a polyamide-imide polymer, which is formed by means of polymerizing an aromatic diamine compound, an aromatic dianhydride compound and a dicarbonyl compound, and satisfies the condition of general formula (1) below. General formula (1) 4?X/Y?12 X: the maximum hole diameter (mm) comprising cracks when the film is punched at 10 mm/min using a 2.5 mm spherical tip by means of a UTM compression mode Y: the modulus (GPa) of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Dawoo JEONG, Sunhwan KIM, Jin Woo LEE, Dae Seong OH, Dong Jin LIM
  • Publication number: 20190359772
    Abstract: One embodiment may provide a polyamide-imide film which is colorless and transparent while having an adequate level of solubility and excellent mechanical properties, the polyamide-imide film comprising a polyamide-imide polymer formed by polymerizing an aromatic diamine compound, an aromatic dianhydride compound and a dicarbonyl compound, wherein, for a square cross-section of 1 cm×1 cm and a thickness of 30 um to 100 mm, the polyamide-imide film has a dissolution time of 5-60 minutes in 10 ml of dimethylacetamide (DMAc), and for a thickness of 50 mm, the polyamide-imide film has a yellowness of at most 5, a haze of at most 2%, a permeability of at least 85% and a modulus of at least 5.0 GPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Sunhwan KIM, Dae Seong OH, Jin Woo LEE, Dawoo JEONG, Dong Jin LIM